WALKING IN THE SPIRIT —–PART 1—INTRODUCTION IT IS CRUCIAL IN THIS HOUR THAT GOD’S PEOPLE LEARN AND WALK IN THE SPIRIT… AMP: 5:23=24 IF WE LIVE BY THE HOLY SPIRIT.LET US ALSO WALK BY THE SPIRIT…… IF BY THE HOLY SPIRIT WE HAVE OUR LIFE IN GOD,LET US GO FROWARD .WALKING IN LINE,OUR CONDUCT CONTROLLED BY THE SPIRIT…… LET US READ KJV ?? ?? WHAT ARE THOSE THINGS OF WALKING IN THE FLESH:SEXUAL IMMORALITY,IMPURITY, SENSUALITY,IDOLITY AND SOCERY,ENMITY AND STRIFE,JEALOUSY,FITS OF ANGER,RIVALRIES DISSENCIONS AND DIVISIONS.AS WE CONTINUE TO WALK BY THE HOLY SPIRIT WE ARE NOT UNDER THE LAW….. ?? AMP 2 COR 5:7 FOR WE WALK BY FAITH,,THAT IS ,WE REGULATE OUR LIVES AND CONDUCT OURSELVES BY OUR CONVICTION OF MAN’S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD AND THE DIVINE THINGS WITH TRUST AND FERVOR,THUS WE DO NOT WALK BY SIGHT OR APPEARANCE. LET US READ KJV ?? AMP : GAL 5:22:24 BUT THE FRUIT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IS ,THE WORK WHICH HIS PRESENCE HAS ACCOMPLISHED INSIDE OF US,IS LOVE,JOY OR GLADNESS,PEACE,PATIENCE OR EVEN TEMPER OR FORBEARANCE,KINDNESS ,GOODNESS OR BENEVOLENCE,FAITHFULNESS, MEEKNESS,OR HUMILITY,GENTLENESS,SELF CONTROL OR SELF CONSTRAINT. LET US READ KJV ?? AMP: 2 JOHN 2:6 AND WHAT THIS LOVE CONSISTS IN IS THIS,THAT WE LIVE AND WALK IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GUIDED BY HIS COMMANDMENTS,HIS ORDERS,ORDINANCES, PRECEPTS,TEACHING..THIS IS THE COMMANDMENT ,AS YOU HAVE HEARD FROM THE BEGINING,THAT YOU CONTINUE TO WALK IN LOVE,GUIDED BY IT FOLLOWING IT…… SIDE NOTE:LINE UPON LINE,PRECEPT UPON PRECEPT…….( REF ISA 28:10) LET US READ KJV ?? AMP:EPE 5:2 AND WALK IN LOVE———–ESTEEMING AND DELIGHTING IN ONE ANOTHER AS CHRIST LOVED US AND GAVE HIMSELF UP FOR US…A SLAIN SACRIFICE TO GOD,FOR YOU SO THAT IT BECAME A SWEET FRAGRANCE(REF EZEK 20:41) LET US READ KJV ?? AMP: PSA 119:105 YOUR WORD IS A LAMP UNTO MY FEET AND A LIGHT TO MY PATH. (REF PROV 6:23) LET US READ KJV UL EPE 5:15-16-17 -18 LOOK CAREFULLY THEN HOW YOU WALK,LIVE PURPOSEFULLY,AND WORTHILY, AND ACCURATELY,NOT AS THE UNWISE,AND WITLESS,BUT AS WISE,——-SENSIBLE, INTELLIGENT PEOPLE, 16….MAKING THE VERY MOST OF THE TIME,BUYING UP EACH OPPORTUNITY—–BECAUSE THE DAYS ARE EVIL……. 17…THEREFORE DO NOT BE VAGUE AND THOUGHTLESS AND FOOLISH,BUT UNDERSTANDING AND FIRMLY GRASPING WHAT THE WILL OF THE LORD IS……. 18…AND DO NOT GET DRUNK ON WINE,FOR THAT IS DBAUCHERY,BUT EVER BE FILLED AND STIMULATED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT..(REF PROV 23:20) LET US READ KJV ?? AMP COL 3:8-9-10- 11-17 BUT NOW PUT AWAY AND RID YOURSELVES(COMPLETELY) OF ALL OF THESE THINGS:ANGER,RAGE,BAD FEELING TOWARD OTHERS,CURSES AND SLANDER,AND FOUL- MOUTHED ABUSE AND SHAMEFUL UTTERANCES FROM YOUR LIPS. 9. DO NOT LIE TO ONE ANOTHER,FOR YOU HAVE STRIPPED OFF THE OLD(UNREGENRATE) SELF WITH ITS EVIL PRACTICES, 10. AND HAVE CLOTHED YOURSELVES WITH THE NEWAAAA9SPIRITUAL SELF)WHICH IS EVER IN THE PROCESS OF BEING RENEWED AND REMOULDED INTO FULLER AND MORE PERFECTT KNOWLEDGE ,AFTER THE IMAGE,THE LIKENES OF HIM,JESUSWHO CREATED IT.. (REF GEN 1:26) 11.IN THIS NEW CREATION ALL DISTINCTIONS VANISH,THERE IS NO ROOM FOR AND THERE CANNOT BE NEITHER GREEK NOR JEW,CIRCUMCISED NOR UNCIRCIMSISED,NOR DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NATIONS,WHETHER BARBARIANS OR SCYTHIANS,WHO ARE THE MOST SAVAGE OF ALL,NOR SLAVE OR FREE MAN,BUT CHRIST IS ALL AND IN ALL..EVERYTHING,EVERYWHERE, TO ALL MEN WITHOUT DISTINCTION. 12. CLOTHE YOURSELVES THEREFORE,AS GOD’S OWN PICKED REPRESENTATIVES,HIS OWN CHOSEN ONES WHO ARE PURIFIED AND HOLY AND WELL BELOVED,BY GOD HIMSELF.,BY PUTTING ON BEHAVIOR MARKED BY TENDERHEARTED PITY AND MERC,KIND FEELING,A LOWLY OPINION OF ONESELF.GENTLE WAYS,AND PATIENCE—–WHICH IS TIRELESS ,LONG SUFFERING,AND HAS THE POWER TO ENDURE WHATEVER COMES,WITH GOOD TEMPER.. 13 BE GENTLE AND FORBEARING WITH ONE ANOTHER AND IF ONE HAS A DIFFERENCE,AKA A GRIEVANCE OR COMPLAINT,AGAIN ANOTHER,READILY PARDONING EACH OTHER,,EVEN AS THE LORD HAS FREELY FORGIVEN YOU,SO MUCH YOU ALSO FORGIVE.. 14. AD ABOVE ALL THESE PUT ON LOVE, AND ENFOLD YOURSELVES WITH THE BOND OF PERFECTNESS,WHICH BINDS EVERYTHING TOGETHER COMPLETELY IN IDEAL HARMONY. 15. AND LET THE PEACE,SOUL HARMONY,WHICH COMES FROM THE CHRIST RULE ,ACT AS UMPIRE CONTINUALLY IN YOUR HEARTS.—-DECIDING AND SETTLING WITH FINALITY ALL QUESTIONS THAT ARISE IN YOUR MINDS.,IN THAT PEACEFUL STATE TO WHICH AS MEMEBERS OF CHRIST’S,ONE BODY ALSO CALLED TO LIVE AND BE THANKFUL…..,APPRECIATIVE,GIVING PRAISE TO GOD ALWYS. 16. LET THE WORD ,SPOKEN Y CHRIST,THE MESSIAH ,HAVE ITS HOM IN YOUR HEARTS AND MINDS,AND DWELL IN YOU,IN ALL ITS RICHNESS.,AS YOU TEACHAND ADMONISH AND TRAIN ONE ANOTHER IN ALL INSIGHT,AND INTELLIGENCE,AND WISDOM IN SPIRITUAL THINGS,AND SINGING PSLAMS AND HYMS AND SPIRITUAL SONGS MAKING MELODY TO GOD WITH HIS GRACE IN YOUR HEART. 17. AND WHATEVER TOU DO—–NO MATTER WHAT IT IS—IN WORD OR DEED ,DO EVERYTHING AND IN DEPENDENCE UPON HIS PERSON ,GIVING PRAISE TO GOD THE FATHER THROUGH HIM.. LET US READ KJV ?? ?? IN CLOSING ,, PART 1, GIVES US EXAMPLES OR IDEAS IN HOW WE ARE EXPECTED TO LIVE OUR LIVES IN THE HOLY SPIRIT…..EVERYDAY WE LAY DOWN OR PUT AWAY OUR OLD MAN,THE OLD FLESH AND PICK UP OUR CROSS AND FOLLOW HIM (JESUS) DAILY…….. ?? IT IS WITH THESE WORDS,THAT I SUBMIT TO YOU,AND ALL THE BODY OF CHRIST,I URGE YOU AND ADMONISH YOU TO WALK IN THE SPIRIT ,IN LOVE,FOR IN THIS HOUR RISES GREAT EVIL, SUCH HAS NOT BEEN SEEN BEFORE BY MAN.. TO SUBMIT OUR MEMBERS TO GOD FOR CLEANSING ,EXAMINATION AND REPENTANCE DAILY, THAT WE MAY BE FOUND WORHTY BY THE LAMB THAT WAS SLAIN,THAT JESUS DID NOT DIE IN VAIN,BUT TO CALL ALL MEN AND WOMEN EVERYWHERE TO REPENTANCE… THAT BY DENYING THE FLESH,WE CRUCIFY IT,AND PICK UP THE NEW LIFE THAT JESUS BOUGHT AND PAID FOR……. ?? BECAUSE OF THE TIMES WE ARE LIVING IN,I BESEECH YOU BROTHERS AND SISTERS THAT THIS IS HOW WE BE AND WALK HOLY,THAT SIN NO LONGER HAS A STRONG HOLD OVER US ,BUT THAT WITH EVERY TEMPTATION,THERE IS A WAY OF ESCAPE. I EMPLORE YOU NOW BRETHREN ,TO BE ON YOUR GUARD,LEST A DAY COME AND YOU FALL INTO CAPTIVITY….THAT YOU NOT RESIST THE VOICE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT,THAT YOU WILL BE LED AND GUIDED INTO ALL TRUTH,FOR THE ADVESARY,THAT OLD DEVIL,SEEKS TO FILL YOUR HEARTS AND MINDS WITH WICKEDNESS,BUT BE NOT DECEIVED AND TAKE HEART,FOR I ,THE LORD,HAVE LEFT YOU NOT HOMELESS,BUT WITH A COMFORTER,THAT ,THAT DAY SHALL NOT OVERTAKE YOU,BUT NEVERTHELESS BE ON YOUR GUARD…I HAVE SPOKEN THESE THINGS BEFOREHAND ………….SELAH!!!!!!!!!PONDER THESE THINGS IN YOUR HEART…… ?? IN SERVICE AND GRATITUDE TO THE KING BETTE STEVENS